TORONTO, Dec 2 (LSN) – In a press release from Campaign Life Coalition, national president Jim Hughes said, It's a sick world when killing is called compassionate, and punishment for killers is called cruel.” The head of the political wing of the pro-life movement in Canada was referring to the decision to grant convicted murderer Robert Latimer an unprecedented constitutional exemption from the 10-year mandatory sentence for second-degree murder. Mr Justice Ted Noble of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench sentenced Latimer today to two years less a day, only a year of which will be served in prison.
“I'm frightened,” continued Mr Hughes, “Danielle Blais was given a suspended sentence for killing her autistic son, Nancy Morrison's murder charge has been reduced to manslaughter, and now this. We're well on our way to formal toleration of euthanasia in this country. If you're sick or disabled or otherwise a 'burden,' look out.” “In all these cases, people seem to think the motivation of 'compassion' is a mitigating factor. Trouble is, whether a killer's motivation is malice or 'mercy,' his victim is just as dead